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John Varley

(John Herbert Varley)
USA  (1947 - )
aka
Herb Boehm
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About John Varley
John Varley was born in Texas in 1947. After spending time as a 'confirmed drifter' he settled in Portland, Oregon and became a full-time writer. He has won the Hugo and Nebula awards a number of times, and has also received the prestigious Prix Apollo. His acclaimed novels include Titan, Wizard, Demon (the Gaea trilogy), Millennium and Steel Beach.
 
New and Forthcoming Hardbacks

Rolling Thunder
Rolling Thunder

Anthologies edited
Superheroes (1995) (with Ricia Mainhardt)
Superheroes
 
Anthologies containing stories by John Varley
The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction 22nd SeriesThe Best Science Fiction of the Year 5The Best Science Fiction of the Year 6Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year 1977
Nebula Winners 12The Best Science Fiction Novellas of the Year 1The Best Science Fiction of the Year 8Universe 9
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 9Nebula Winners 14The Best Science Fiction of the Year 10The Best Science Fiction of the Year 11
Nebula Award Stories 17Great Science Fiction of the 20th CenturyTerry Carr's Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year 16The Norton Book of Science Fiction
Simulations: 15 Tales of Virtual RealityStrange DreamsReel FutureSuperheroes
Tales in SpaceVisions of WonderThe Road to Science Fiction 4: From Here to ForeverTimegates
Future on IceNot the Only Planet: Science Fiction Travel StoriesThe Reel StuffBangs and Whimpers: Stories About the End of the World
The Good New StuffIsaac Asimov's Solar SystemExplorers: SF Adventures to Far Horizons
 
Short stories
Picnic on Nearside (1974)
In the Bowl (1975)
Retrograde Summer (1975)Nebula (nominee)
Gotta Sing, Gotta Dance (1976)Hugo (nominee)
Overdrawn at the Memory Bank (1976)
The Phantom of Kansas (1976)Hugo (nominee)
Air Raid (1977) (writing as Herb Boehm)Nebula (nominee)
Hugo (nominee)
Good-bye, Robinson Crusoe (1977)
Goodbye, Robinson Crusoe (1977)
In the Hall of the Martian Kings (1977)Hugo (nominee)
Lollipop and the Tar Baby (1977)
The Barbie Murders (1978)Hugo (nominee)
The Persistence of Vision (1978)Nebula
Hugo
Options (1979)Nebula (nominee)
Hugo (nominee)
Beatnik Bayou (1980)Nebula (nominee)
Hugo (nominee)
Blue Champagne (1981)Hugo (nominee)
The Pusher (1981)Nebula (nominee)
Hugo
The Manhattan Phone Book (Abridged) (1984)
PRESS ENTER [] (1984)Nebula
Hugo
Tango Charlie and Foxtrot Romeo (1986)
The Unprocessed Word (1986)
Truth, Justice and the Politically Correct Socialist Path (1994)
The Flying Dutchman (1998)


Awards
Nebula Best Novellette nominee (1976) : Retrograde Summer
Hugo Best Novellette nominee (1977) : The Phantom of Kansas
Hugo Best Novellette nominee (1977) : Gotta Sing, Gotta Dance
Hugo Best Short story nominee (1978) : Air Raid
Nebula Best Short story nominee (1978) : Air Raid
Hugo Best Novella nominee (1978) : In the Hall of the Martian Kings
Hugo Best Novella winner (1979) : The Persistence of Vision
Nebula Best Novella winner (1979) : The Persistence of Vision
Hugo Best Novellette nominee (1979) : The Barbie Murders
Hugo Best Novellette nominee (1980) : Options
Nebula Best Novellette nominee (1980) : Options
Hugo Best Novel nominee (1980) : Titan
Nebula Best Novel nominee (1980) : Titan
Hugo Best Novellette nominee (1981) : Beatnik Bayou
Nebula Best Novellette nominee (1981) : Beatnik Bayou
Hugo Best Novel nominee (1981) : Wizard
Hugo Best Short story winner (1982) : The Pusher
Nebula Best Short story nominee (1982) : The Pusher
Hugo Best Novella nominee (1982) : Blue Champagne
Philip K Dick Award Best Novel nominee (1983) : Millennium
Hugo Best Novel nominee (1984) : Millennium
Hugo Best Novella winner (1985) : PRESS ENTER []
Nebula Best Novella winner (1985) : PRESS ENTER []
Hugo Best Novel nominee (1993) : Steel Beach
Prometheus Award Best Novel nominee (1999) : The Golden Globe


Links to other websites
varley.net


John Varley recommends
Lunar Descent
Lunar Descent (1991)
(Near-Space)
Allen M Steele
"The best hard SF writer to come along in the last decade."
Callahan's Legacy
Callahan's Legacy (1996)
(Callahan)
Spider Robinson
"Subversive, dangerous, iconoclastic, cantankerous. Puns, palindromes, puzzlers, posers, pranks, and poetry. A three ring circus of ideas - I loved it!"
Callahan's Con
Callahan's Con (2003)
(Callahan)
Spider Robinson
"Spider Robinson is the Tom Robbins of the 21st century."



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